MagicTheGathering.fyi

Reiterate

Instant

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Time Spiral
Price
$17.82
EDHREC rank
#2653
Buy on TCGplayer
Reiterate card art
Reiterate copies any instant or sorcery and then bounces itself to hand, which means a single mana-positive spell — Jeska's Will being the canonical example — turns into an infinite loop that ends the game on the spot. The buyback cost is steep, but Ral, Monsoon Mage and the broader storm-combo space pay it without hesitation because the ceiling is just that high.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Ral, Monsoon Mage

54.5% of decks · synergy 0.49

Ral, Monsoon Mage's flip ability triggers on each instant and sorcery cast, so every Reiterate loop iteration stacks another trigger — the two cards form a self-contained kill condition once you have a mana-positive spell in hand.

02
Vadrik, Astral Archmage

Vadrik, Astral Archmage

53.7% of decks · synergy 0.48

Vadrik, Astral Archmage reduces instant and sorcery costs based on his power, which can drop Reiterate's buyback cost low enough that generating the required mana surplus becomes trivial — at three or four counters, the loop assembles with almost any ritual.

03
Mizzix of the Izmagnus

Mizzix of the Izmagnus

52.1% of decks · synergy 0.46

Experience counters directly reduce Reiterate's total mana outlay, and Mizzix of the Izmagnus decks are already built around the kind of high-value instants and sorceries that make the copy effect backbreaking even outside a full loop.

04
Ashling, Flame Dancer

Ashling, Flame Dancer

41.3% of decks · synergy 0.37

Ashling, Flame Dancer triggers on noncreature spells and copies them, so casting Reiterate with buyback creates a cascade of copy triggers that can spiral into a lethal damage or storm count with minimal setup.

05
Magnus the Red

Magnus the Red

32.6% of decks · synergy 0.27

Magnus the Red discounts sorceries for each creature under your control, and Reiterate in a token-heavy shell can become cheap enough to loop while also copying the board-wide burn spells Magnus wants to cast anyway.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is Reiterate's native habitat — the singleton rule means you're unlikely to see redundant effects, and the longer game gives you time to assemble the mana-positive spell required to go infinite. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but essentially invisible, since those formats have faster and cleaner storm infrastructure that doesn't need a six-mana buyback loop. Modern is the same story: the card is legal on paper but the format's clock is too fast to spend that much mana on a conditional combo piece. Reiterate is also legal in Oathbreaker, where the compressed 58-card deck and powerful planeswalker synergies can make the loop more accessible than in Commander proper.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

30,532 decks
Jeska's WillReiterate

Jeska's WillReiterate

Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite red mana; Infinite storm count; Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn

View combo details →

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Twincast and Reverberate both copy any instant or sorcery for two mana with no buyback, which means they can't go infinite on their own but cost a fraction of the price and still deliver the critical single-game-winning copy of a Jeska's Will or Mana Geyser. If the goal is specifically the infinite loop, there's no clean budget substitute for Reiterate — the buyback is the combo, not a bonus — but if the deck just wants redundant copy effects, either of those two will serve at under a dollar.

Price Context

Current price

$17.82 mid tier

At $17.82, Reiterate sits in the mid tier — expensive for a single spell-copy effect, but the price reflects that it's the only card that packages a copy with a repeatable buyback on the same line. It's a staple in multiple high-synergy commanders, which keeps demand steady and makes significant price drops unlikely as long as those archetypes remain popular.

Explore

Sources

Mentioned

← All cards

Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.